[If the "teach me how to do things" continues to be a pretense for intimacy, he really can't help but wonder if Eli will like silks for the sole reason of being able to make a hammock for himself... Definitely something to discover in the future.]
You can pick up the dorm mattresses with one hand to change the sheets on the top bunk... they're barely a mattress.
[...Well, okay, probably two hands if you don't want to fight it, but look who is here.]
[ Well, this just makes McGillis feel kind of thoughtful. ]
It's interesting... I believe Celeste and I would have been equally incapable of imagining owning a nice bed for ourselves, once. But the existence thereof? Easily believable because others always have more.
[ A key part of their brand of poverty is watching other people not be poor. ]
But listening to you just makes me realize that my sense of scarcity was always defined by disparity rather than genuine absence of the needed goods.
[ ... someone please shut him up, they can't be having talks like this naked in bed. ]
Sure, I know that about you two. You're right that it's different, though. I grew up without a lot of what folks from my mom's generation had. They knew the time before the invasion, and I only know the time after.
[ It isn't something he sounds too broken up about. For him, it's like looking back at ancient history. It isn't so old that they can't scavenge and repair, of course, but many concepts are beyond his belief. ]
Industry is dead until we can revive it. Anything that someone couldn't make or repair themselves isn't going to be around for, well... I don't even know. Right now, the ADDF is focused on getting a supply chain for food first. They're also trying to get some old oil rigs up and running, but I know less about that than I do the farms.
[ >have a wild foursome and pass out in exhaustion after >wake up after less than 5 hours and immediately start having an in-depth conversation about experiences with destitution >profit??? ]
There are no old reactors you could repurpose for electricity?
[ 'McGillis, Ahab Reactors are a thing from your world' - he does not know this. ]
How much usable farmland is there? It's possible to grow corn for bio-fuel but only if that would not cause communities to grow hungry, of course.
[Despite his threat, Izou had nodded back off halfway to sleep almost immediately after saying it, but it's clear he's been half awake the whole time as he mutters;]
Talkin' like a dictionary this early in the morning.... vices and disparity and shit...
[Complaining, but also;]
Wish I had a better world ta offer you guys so ya never had ta have depressing conversations like this again.
That bad? I didn't know you were such a softie in the morning.
[ Big bad manslayer and he's upset by his partners discussing a lack of mattresses...? Talk about gap moe. (McGillis would not talk about gap moe, he does not know what that is. But he feels it in his heart, a little.) ]
[McGillis is freed from Celeste's leg over his waist so it can retreat and he can poke Izou's side with his toes.
...He's saved from them being cold only because he's had several hours to absorb everyone else's body heat, so that's a mercy, but... how much of one, really?]
We'd all be bored out of our minds in easy worlds, no?
[Disparity of resources or no... none of them would actually do well in a peaceful, idyllic world for very long. Paldea is for visiting, not living.]
[ Yeah, he has no fricking clue what an Ahab Reactor is over here. ]
Nah. We have, uh, one, but it isn't meant to be used for power, I think? Shit. I don't know. I just know that's way over my head.
[ Are people considering repurposing that place into a power plant? He doesn't know. Probably. ]
Though we got plenty of farmland. Pretty sure they'll resort to reopening the coal mines again before they try to do anything like... that. Make corn into gas. Oil rigs are definitely for trucks and planes and shit. We could probably scavenge up enough working solar panels, though. Huh.
[ McGillis is taking mental inventory of this already, but then Izou cuts this whole talk short and yeah... yeah, maybe he shouldn't be trying to fix the economy of demon earth right now. ]
You'll have to ask about it when you get back.
[ And because sex does change intimacy levels, and also because he does want to apologize for a) this talk and b) this talk getting cut short, McGillis is going to shift a little so he can reach over Izou and brush Eli's arm softly.
[ Although, until they know how "getting back" is going to pan out, can he even say he will? What if he doesn't go back? Part of him wants to ask if McGillis would think less of him for going wherever Celeste goes instead of... home.
But no. Izou's demanded no depressing conversations.
Instead, he'll offer McGillis a smile at the gentle brush to his arm. It's all good. ]
Mm, guess so. Everyone's used to different stuff. Hey... Come here...
[ But what Eli will never be entirely used to is having someone so casually smooch him like this... or, at least, he hopes he's never used to it. It can be a surprise every time. Celeste ends up planting a kiss on a cheekbone, but that isn't precisely where Eli would have hoped for a kiss.
To remedy this, he turns more towards Celeste and reaches over to tug him closer, making it easier to pull him down for a kiss on the lips.
Sorry, Izou and McGillis. Making out next to you two is now fair game after last night. ]
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[ He's very happy with his hammock back home, though, so whatever. ]
But this one is even better than that one.
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You can pick up the dorm mattresses with one hand to change the sheets on the top bunk... they're barely a mattress.
[...Well, okay, probably two hands if you don't want to fight it, but look who is here.]
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Okay, okay, I get it. Everyone else here takes everyday things for granted, like nice mattresses.
[ Eli turns his head to look back Celeste's way and makes a face at him. Nyeh. It's short-lived since he isn't actually mad about this. ]
I could spend all morning listing what I've been surprised by.
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It's interesting... I believe Celeste and I would have been equally incapable of imagining owning a nice bed for ourselves, once. But the existence thereof? Easily believable because others always have more.
[ A key part of their brand of poverty is watching other people not be poor. ]
But listening to you just makes me realize that my sense of scarcity was always defined by disparity rather than genuine absence of the needed goods.
[ ... someone please shut him up, they can't be having talks like this naked in bed. ]
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[ It isn't something he sounds too broken up about. For him, it's like looking back at ancient history. It isn't so old that they can't scavenge and repair, of course, but many concepts are beyond his belief. ]
Industry is dead until we can revive it. Anything that someone couldn't make or repair themselves isn't going to be around for, well... I don't even know. Right now, the ADDF is focused on getting a supply chain for food first. They're also trying to get some old oil rigs up and running, but I know less about that than I do the farms.
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>wake up after less than 5 hours and immediately start having an in-depth conversation about experiences with destitution
>profit??? ]
There are no old reactors you could repurpose for electricity?
[ 'McGillis, Ahab Reactors are a thing from your world' - he does not know this. ]
How much usable farmland is there? It's possible to grow corn for bio-fuel but only if that would not cause communities to grow hungry, of course.
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Talkin' like a dictionary this early in the morning.... vices and disparity and shit...
[Complaining, but also;]
Wish I had a better world ta offer you guys so ya never had ta have depressing conversations like this again.
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[ Nudging him in the back with a knee again. ]
There's a lot of shit happening in my world, but... we are winning. People are working on rebuilding. That's good, yeah?
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[Sometimes you want to protect even your strong and cool friends.]
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[ He gets it. He'll leave it at that. ]
Fine. I'll steal McGillis to talk depressing demon world crap later, okay?
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If I wanted a perfect non-depressing world, I would be going elsewhere to begin with.
[ But... he'll kiss Izou's neck, a small apology for starting the day off like this. ]
We can shelf the topic for when we're dressed though.
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[Now you're threatening him with the end of cosy time being accompanied by serious talk????]
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[ Big bad manslayer and he's upset by his partners discussing a lack of mattresses...? Talk about gap moe. (McGillis would not talk about gap moe, he does not know what that is. But he feels it in his heart, a little.) ]
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...He's saved from them being cold only because he's had several hours to absorb everyone else's body heat, so that's a mercy, but... how much of one, really?]
We'd all be bored out of our minds in easy worlds, no?
[Disparity of resources or no... none of them would actually do well in a peaceful, idyllic world for very long. Paldea is for visiting, not living.]
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[ Yeah, he has no fricking clue what an Ahab Reactor is over here. ]
Nah. We have, uh, one, but it isn't meant to be used for power, I think? Shit. I don't know. I just know that's way over my head.
[ Are people considering repurposing that place into a power plant? He doesn't know. Probably. ]
Though we got plenty of farmland. Pretty sure they'll resort to reopening the coal mines again before they try to do anything like... that. Make corn into gas. Oil rigs are definitely for trucks and planes and shit. We could probably scavenge up enough working solar panels, though. Huh.
[ He pauses there, thinking. Hmm. ]
Wonder why we haven't done that yet.
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You'll have to ask about it when you get back.
[ And because sex does change intimacy levels, and also because he does want to apologize for a) this talk and b) this talk getting cut short, McGillis is going to shift a little so he can reach over Izou and brush Eli's arm softly.
Experimental weird little gestures. ]
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[ Although, until they know how "getting back" is going to pan out, can he even say he will? What if he doesn't go back? Part of him wants to ask if McGillis would think less of him for going wherever Celeste goes instead of... home.
But no. Izou's demanded no depressing conversations.
Instead, he'll offer McGillis a smile at the gentle brush to his arm. It's all good. ]
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I think... we all could, if we were willing to be as honest with ourselves as we are with one another.
[Eli is surprised by the existence of comfy mattresses. Celeste is surprised he could fall in love. It's totally the same.]
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[ But what Eli will never be entirely used to is having someone so casually smooch him like this... or, at least, he hopes he's never used to it. It can be a surprise every time. Celeste ends up planting a kiss on a cheekbone, but that isn't precisely where Eli would have hoped for a kiss.
To remedy this, he turns more towards Celeste and reaches over to tug him closer, making it easier to pull him down for a kiss on the lips.
Sorry, Izou and McGillis. Making out next to you two is now fair game after last night. ]
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